RE: Rejecting Mainstream Parenting
God, I can't tell you how much I love this post! I'm 19, I was unschooled myself, for the better part of high school and I know what a huge difference it makes for a child, for her life and the relationship with her parents.
I really believe you made the best choice a parent can possibly make, choosing your relationship with your kid, rather than some idiotic values imposed by this stupid society :) I'm so glad your daughter is healthy and happy.
You know, so many people talk about child depression and pain, but not many think that there's this simple, amazing alternative that a lot of them are just too afraid to take.
I believe traditional schooling is behind a lot of pain in today's kids. And I really think a lot of that could be prevented.
You seem amazing <3
You seem like a kindred spirit @honeydue I’m glad we could cross paths & find common ground. It’s not often that I get to hear from other unschooled people besides my little tribe so this is a treat. What did you love most about it? My daughter says her favorite part is that she gets to be herself again, which speaks so much to me.
I wish and encourage more families to stop and choose the path of connection! I wish my mom would have chosen another path besides yelling at, grounding and hitting me for my inability to function in school much less do it well however I think without the hurt child inside me it may not have been possible to identify the hurt child my daughter once was when I parented by “the idiotic values imposed by this stupid society” (I love how you put that! lol) so at least it happened for a reason. 💜
You rock!
Hmm I think the thing I loved most about it was that I got to spend more time with my family and that I got to be in charge of what I learned. I got to read/watch/learn all sorts of really awesome things that I wouldn't normally have gotten to do.
I think it's really cool that you did this. Honestly, I'm a bit worried how my own kids will turn out (when they do!), because obviously I want to unschool them from the get go, but you never know how things turn out, do ya?
<3 Glad to have met you too.
It’s a gift to be able to realize/dive into your interests. I think that’s why talents are called gifts ~ not everyone gets to do what they’re naturally good at or interested in though it’s typically temporary. I often wonder what could have happened for me in terms of a “career” if I had been allowed to pursue my individual interests from the beginning because I am now 28 and barely realizing my own passion in life (fiber stuff obviously 😊) because my daughter is only 9 and is so very aware of her love for singing, animals, sewing, DIY & all things “goth”/vampire/zombie that Im going to be incredibly surprised if she doesn’t become a professional creative one day. But who knows, she could just become a creative mama like myself and that would be so great too. You’re very wise ~ We never know what the future brings!